Osprey Monitoring & Sightings
Where are Osprey Nesting?
For more than 15 years, Greenbelt has been dedicated to Osprey conservation through the construction and maintenance of nesting platforms, data collection, public education, and collaborative research efforts aimed at protecting this once endangered species. Volunteers submit their sightings online, and the most recent sightings are displayed in real-time.
Osprey Sighting Form
Help track Osprey behavior north of Boston by submitting your observations using our easy-to-use online reporting form.
Osprey Sightings Archive Search
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-14 - Rogers Island Duck Blind #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-06-09
10 AM to 11:30 AM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 65 degrees F Winds N at 3 mph Cloud cover 5% 5% cloud cover
Other Activity: One osprey in nest, other on marsh. Both flew when approached.
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Emerson Dahmen
Nest Name:
IPS-14 - Rogers Island Duck Blind #2
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-06-09
10 AM to 11:30 AM
at: Ipswich
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 3
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 65 degrees F Winds N at 3 mph Cloud cover 5% 5% cloud cover
Other Activity: One osprey in nest, other on marsh. Both flew when approached.
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Shirley Singleton
Nest Name:
ESS-05 - Singleton Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-06-09
5:30 AM to 5:45 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: Light rain
Other Activity:
Observation Method: From the deck
General Comments: I looked for the male last night between 530 and 830pm. As of 545am, he has not yet returned . I hope he is planning on bringing a large fish.
Name: Jackie Hutchinson
Nest Name:
ESS-03 - Great Bank Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-06-09
12:30 PM to 12:45 PM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible:
Weather Conditions: 70ª, cloudy
Other Activity: One bird perched on the salt marsh driftwood and the other was perched on the nest (not in the nest cup at all while I was there)
Observation Method: boat
General Comments:
Name: Christine Morabito
Nest Name:
BOX-01 - Carter Fields-Pine Tree
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-06-09
09:26 AM to 10:22 AM
at: Boxford
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 68 degrees, cloudy, wind 1 mph
Other Activity: Two adults perched and preening in snag near nest when I arrived. Slight movement was observed on nest. At 0949, bird 1 and then bird 2 flew to nest. Bird 2 flew back to perch while bird 1 stayed on nest and preened. Bird 2 made several flights around marsh, each time returning to nest with a stick. At 10:13, bird 2 flew out of sight.
Observation Method: on foot
General Comments:
Name: John Lund
Nest Name:
BEV-03 - Misery Island Tree Nest
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-06-09
9:00 to 9:30
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 60° wind calm overcast skies
Other Activity:
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: John Lund
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-06-09
8:30 AM to 8:45
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Overcast. 60°. Calm winda
Other Activity: Both Osprey standing on edge of nest. One appeared to be feeding a chick.
Observation Method: Boat
General Comments:
Name: Tom and Karen Meler
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-06-09
12:20 PM to 12:40 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: Temp 74 degrees, wind SW 7mph, Cloudy, visibility 9 miles
Other Activity: None
Observation Method: On foot
General Comments: Upon arrival we observed 2 ospreys. One moving about in the nest and the second osprey sitting on the edge of the nest. Due to the angle and distance to the nest we cannot determine what is inside the nest.
Name: Stan Franzeen
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Incubating Eggs or Chicks
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-06-09
1:25 PM to 1:40 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 61F, slight breeze, cloudy, 70%humid
Other Activity: The Osprey was feeding itself briefly when I arrived, then she settled down on the nest. She doesn't mind the boats passing by closely in the channel.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Da Powell
Nest Name:
ROW-07 - Sawyers Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2020-06-08
8:40 AM to 9:20 am70
at: Rowley
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 70 F, Light breeze, cloudless sky
Other Activity: Osprey on nest, very low profile, head only visible. Second adult flies in, perches on post -female necklace visible. Couple of minutes later male in nest flies off west up creek [v low tide] Female returns to nest -also very low profile. Male returns to nest with food. They share. Male circles platform a couple of times. Flies in picks up something from marsh by pole 's base; drops it into nest. Leaves southward after ascending hundreds of feet.
Observation Method: Foot
General Comments: Have photos of activity